How to install Geographically Restricted Apps from Amazon

Now that the Fire TV has been released in Germany, and will be released in the UK tomorrow, geographically restrictioned apps will become more and more common. This guide will show you how to install geographically restricted apps directly from Amazon.

Before we start, it is important to know that entering false address information is against Amazon’s terms and could get your account closed. Use websites like Fake Name Generator to get valid international addresses at your own risk.

Also, if you want to purchase a non-Free app that is geographically restricted, it is best to pre-load your Amazon account with either Amazon Coins or Amazon Credit BEFORE following this guide. Changing your country setting, as instructed in this guide, will temporarily prevent your payment methods from working until you change the country setting back.

Locate the app you want to install and verify that it is geographically restricted.

19 comments

I just used this tipp a few hours ago because I want to buy GTA SA for my Fire TV. But it wasn’t possible even if I moved the device from my german account to my US account.

The problem is that your favorite way of payment isn’t compatible with Amazon US and the geo restriction does not allow you to buy the app. Even if you use a credit card and a US invoice address. But I fixed this problem, that way worked:

I don’t know how many weeks I tried to figure out why it didn’t work until I gave up a year ago… and by deleting that f***ing payment method everything just works now. I can finally spent my remaining coins and get cool free apps again. Thank you very much for this tip which no one else ever mentioned so far.

I don’t quite get the steps. If you change the country code does that take you to the UK Amazon site? BBC iPlayer is not on the amazon.com site. If you are on the UK site and you try to register your FireTV that won’t work. Even if it did as you switched from country to country you won’t keep all your apps.

I mean the Amazon.com site. If you are installing a free app, you shouldn’t need to update your payment options. If you are buying an app, then its easiest to pre-load you account with either Amazon coins or Amazon Credit before making the switch to a different country setting. I’ll add a note to the guide to alleviate this confusion.

Has anyone tried sideloading the amazon apks for apps like bbc app onto a fire tv from another region? I understand you still need to use a VPN but it would be preferable to changing your region with amazon.

Seems Amazon has changed something, I am not able to buy something (even free stuff).

I changed the location of my Amazon.de account to a US adress. Using a US-VPN I connected to Amazon.com, searched for “Hulu Plus” and it showed up. But when I click on buy, I only get the following error message:

“We could not process your order because of geographical restrictions on the product which you were attempting to purchase. Please refer to the terms of use for this product to determine the geographical restrictions.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you”

I don’t know what I did wrong. Changed settings, used VPN, but still no luck. I just want this damn Hulu Plus app ;)

I am seeing the same thing, can purchase the apps and have show in your online account but cannot sync to a Fire TV Stick, never brings the apps into your library. Any other ideas or has anyone successfully side loaded ?

I followed this guide, got the app pushed to my fire tv. It opens fine, shows the content but won’t play anything. It tries then give a message that there was an error. I can play iplayer in kodi and in the web browser. I’ve tried uninsalling and reinstalling but no joy. Anyone any ideas?